I have not actually forgotten that the rest of the world exists. As usual, this is everything that wasn’t worth an entire post and is not being saved for any of the roundup post categories.

(Roundup post categories are currently AI, Medical and Health, Housing and Traffic, Dating, Childhood and Education, Fertility, Startups, and potentially NEPA and Clean Energy.)

Bad News

Rebels from Yemen were firing on ships in the Red Sea, a problem dating back thousands of years. Here's where we were on December 17, with the US government finally dropping the hammer.

Hidden fees exist, even when everyone knows they’re there, because they work. StubHub experimented, the hiding meant people spent 21% more money. Companies simply can’t pass that up. Government intervention could be justified. However, I also notice that Ticketmaster is now using ‘all-in’ pricing for many shows with zero hidden fees [...]

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Outline:

(00:28) Bad News

(02:50) Government Working

(06:51) Work From Home

(08:12) Antisocial Media

(11:56) Fraud Is a Rather Big Deal

(15:28) Giving Away $2.1 Billion Also a Big Deal

(18:00) Hit Vote With Rock

(18:55) San Francisco's Finest Compensation Packages

(20:19) Crime and Punishment in San Francisco

(26:08) Crime and Punishment Everywhere

(34:04) Good News, Everyone

(35:50) Meaning What Exactly

(37:44) While I Cannot Condone This

(39:05) Another Voting Proposal

(40:50) At the Movies: 2023 in Review

(44:09) Money Stuff

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